Read the following and decide if it is good law or bad law: "For any lawful contact made by a law enforcement official or agency of this state or a county, city, town or other political subdivision of this state where reasonable suspicion exists that the person is an alien who is unlawfully present in the United States, a reasonable attempt shall be made, when practicable, to determine the immigration status of the person. The person's immigration status shall be verified with the federal government pursuant to 8 United States code section 1373(c)."

Can the federal government be sued by the states for neglecting to enforce immigration laws and not protecting our borders? Many citizens are suffering the repercussions of this failure of the federal government to do it's duties. And, of course, the states have to pick up the tab on the whole business.

The states that are stepping up to protect their interests against illegal immigration are to be commended and supported. Shame of the feds for dereliction of duty !

This law should be implemented in every state because we have way to many illegals in this country. They should be sent back to their country and forced to become legal citizens of the U. S. if they intend to stay. The economy is suffering already we should not have to support the illegals by giving them entitlements that the average working american does not have. They should also be forced to learn and speak english as this is America and the english language is the predominant language.Why should we tolerate the injustices that are forced upon us by having to pay taxes and pay more because now all instructions are printed in so many languages.

If the U.S. federal government reforms the drug laws to include illicit drugs, regulating and controlling them, drug cartels will no longer have the monopoly on the $400 billion annual U.S. market. This unique control is what finances their assault on northern Mexico, rendering the job market and living conditions unmanageable. This is why immigrants illegally cross our borders.

before we start worrying about the hard working mexicans comming here.we need to kick out the sorry lazy people we have here that cry "all the illegal's are taking our jobs" i'll trade you 12 lazy americans for one the mexican anyday!

"Mexican immigrants aren’t invading America. They’re packing up and going home, thanks largely to the recession. The latest numbers from the Department of Homeland Security, released in February, show the illegal immigrant population in America dropped from 11.6 million in January 2008 to 10.8 million in January 2009. That’s a loss of nearly 7 percent. The last time the illegal population dipped was in the late 1980s...So to the extent that we are in a historic moment for illegal immigration, it’s historic because immigrants are abandoning America in droves."

As supporters of the bill point out, Arizona was a special case among states. Thanks to tough security measures put in place in California and Texas during the 1990s, the Arizona-Mexico border became the favored highway into America. But here, too, the Homeland Security data are remarkable. In 2000, 725,000 people were apprehended illegally crossing the border in Arizona. By 2006, the number of apprehensions had fallen to 510,000. By 2009, it had plummeted to 249,000."

"That number still isn’t close to zero. But the notion that border apprehensions are down nearly two-thirds in the last decade complicates the notion of a “crisis.”"

If people are not willing to allow better gun control laws to limit criminals access to weapons out of fear of losing 2nd amendment rights, then I am not willing to give up my 4th amendment rights due to illegal immigrants (that are leaving anyway due to lack of work)

I THINK ALL STATES ON THE BORDER OF MEXICO NEED TO DO THE SAME AS ARIZONA. LOCK THEM UP OR SHOOT THEM IF THEY CROSS OVER ILLEGAL. THE ONLY THING THEY DO ARE TAKING AMERICAN JOBS FOR CHEAP LABOR AND DOING CRIME IN THE USA. I'M A WHITE AMERICAN CITIZEN WITH MY COLORS RED WHITE BLUE FLAG, NOT THAT UGLY FLAG OF MEXICO. STAY HOME "WET BACKS"!

Your wrong there still has to probable cause to stop a person. If there is a car with 8-10 people in it coming from the south there’s a very good chance that they are not locals and should be stopped. Or if a group of people are hanging around the local Home Depot they should be questioned. The ones that don’t run will be legal immigrants.
I feel there should be a National ID card. Then there would be a set standard for the states to follow. Then anyone who doesn’t have it goes to jail, if it’s at home then they pay a fine for not having it on their person. If they don’t have one and are obviously from another country then they should be deported immediately.
When you get a passport you have the option of getting an ID as well. It is only $20.00 more, that is $120 for Passport and ID. This should be the national standard for all Americans. And if a person says that they never will travel outside of America then that person should still have to get the ID
As for racial profiling that is something criminals came up with in an attempt to get out of trouble and enough liberal minded people bought into the idea. The profiling card only works for certain groups of people anyway so it’s not really valid in today’s America.
And there’s the catch all, if a person doesn't agree with Arizona's laws then they can move or vote in the next election, if they are legally registered voters.

Damn good law. It should be nationwide, and forceful. All of you who do not like the law, go to Mexico and slip into the country with no papers or I.D. Read their law and you will find a jail sentence of a minimum--2--years. That includes some Americans. You can't own any land,only lease. You can never participate in politics, You do not have the right to protest, you can and will be deported or jailed for any fraction of their law, yet you people say we are demons for wanting to know who is in our country, especially illegally. They are exhausting our welfare,social security benefits, and what other benefits our Gov. is handing out freely to buy votes. Just to let you uninformed people know-- no one is saying no immigration.Just make it legal and get people here that will become good citizens and learn our values and traditions. The people that have entered this country by the rules overwhelmingly do not wish to see others here illegally. Lots of polls have suggested this very thing. If we do not get a handle on who is here and why, we will soon not have a Republic much longer.
The illegals have already given a name to Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and Southern California,because it really belongs to them. (Republica de Norte). Are we prepared to give these up? I think a lot of you are. Its a real shame. Just remember--They are in this country illegally---- They have no rights, just as you would not have any in their country.

As a US citizen of Hispanic descent currently working in AZ, I am concerned that if I get pulled over by some local cop,will he care that I have a GA license or even know what a legit GA license looks like? He could claim it is a fake &so how would I prove differently?

#18--- I can understand your concern about the law. I would be also. If a cop pulls you over it will be because of a traffic violation. The law specifically says no stops are to be made otherwise. As many numbers as you have at your disposal, a simple background check should be sufficient. Every time I am stopped they run a background check on me also. If there is no ding on your license you should be left alone. It's aimed at illegal and not legal. If you work in Arizona it will be easy to verify through your employer. If you have a good old boy experience come back to this paper and I will raise pure hell with you,because our legal citizens are not to be hassled. Only the illegal ones.

Arizona should not have to create a law to protect itself from illegal intruders. Our federal government is failing to enforce laws and protect American citizens against this invasion, and our federal officials and federal employees should be charged and jailed for breach of public trust and dereliction of duty. We can start by putting GW Bush and Obama on trial and work down from there. These bastards should be held accountable for helping to destroy our country.

We don't want to lose our rights but guess what? The situation has gotten so bad we all may have to give up some rights for a while in order to correct things. And, if that happens, you can blame illegals for bringing it about. I, for one, would be willing to be randomly stopped and checked by the police. If it has to be done to get control of this insane takeover by aliens, then it has to be done. I want ALL ILLEGALS out of our nation - ALL OF THEM!

#23 I Agree with you about the human race, but the only problem of not closing the border, and finding out who is here and who comes will only keep the bad eggs on the other side. Some of these bad eggs that are here now kill unsuspecting Americans for the change in their pockets. I hope you never become a victim of the change in your pocket or mangled in a car wreck by an illegal. They do it every day,especially with the cars. A lot of them can't read the English road signs

We may be of one human race but the color of your skin is still a factor in whether you get government assistance. If you are in America legally and are not committing any crimes then why would you worry about being asked for identification and registration because you will not get arrested for being a hispanic or any other nationality it is just because you are A CRIMINAL.

There are plenty of folks riding around Barnesvile without insurance or mostly under insured and of folks getting ripped off by full blooded American. It just seems that if they are here illegally it hurts even more and then we have a tendency to use a broad brush to paint all those here illegally as being guilty of such crimes.

I am a green card holder and I largely support the Arizona immigration laws. In Britain, my home country, the immigration issue has caused great division and great resentment. Open borders policies are unfair to American citizens and unfair to legal immigrants such as myself that jumped through the hoops, paid the fees and acquired my right to be here legally.

The only issue I have with the Arizona law is the provision that makes it a misdemeanour offence, punishable by fine and/or jail time, if a LEGAL immigrant does not have their green card or certificate with them when stopped by police. I think this is a little heavy handed, unfair and does nothing to fight ILLEGAL immigration. Last time I looked, the United States was not a totalitarian state that required people to 'carry their papers'as though they were living in some dictatorship like Nazi Germany or Soviet Russia.

Welcome to the U.S. I am glad you have come here the right way.It's not that I want you to be hassled by any means,but when I lived overseas,as a teenager,I could not go out of my house without-my ID.-my fathers ID.number that I had to memorise in case I was questioned by the local police,which was on several ocasions,through my own stupidity. I did not have to carry a briefcase or manila folder to have all of the proper information necessary to go about my daily duties. I do not think you have to either.What do you have to carry on your person that you can't fit in your bilfold.I would like to know! No one here legally should be hasseled at all,just the ones that do not have the correct paperwork. I hope you have your drivers permit, ins, papers,and tag registration with you when you drive, if you do.I was born here and I have to have all of these, plus a background check, if I am stopped for some reason or another. If I fail to have the necessary paperwork on me at all times, I am fined also. I do not think you have to carry a burdon that a legal citizen,born here,does not bare.( Welcome )

Well you are of course correct. I do have a driving license and I have my green card which both fit into my wallet. OK I just got the chance to read the actual Arizona bill and it doesn't seem to be unreasonable at all:

There is a lot of disinformation being floated around by the left about the Arizona law. I have added a link to the bill in the homepage section.